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Jisho辞書

The words of JMdict looked up by reading, written form, English meaning, a kanji in them or romaji, in small pieces fetched as needed, safe by default or unfiltered with every sense's marks, and the school grades, JLPT levels, readings, meanings and look-alike pairs of 2,999 kanji, each table an entry point of its own.

Jisho is the Japanese word 辞書 for a dictionary: this one holds Japanese words and kanji. About the name

Contents

Reference · The whole entry of a word: every sense, and everything JMdict says of it

LoanSourcetype

The word a loanword comes from, in the language it comes from.

Import it

import type { LoanSource } from "@johnmorrisdotca/jisho/entries";

Definition

type LoanSource = {
    readonly lang: string;
    readonly text: string;
    readonly partial: boolean;
    readonly wasei: boolean;
};

Members

NameTypeDescription
langstring

The language, as a three-letter code (eng, por, ger…).

textstring

The word in that language; empty when JMdict names the language only.

partialboolean

Whether the Japanese word is made from only a part of it.

waseiboolean

Whether it is a word made in Japan from foreign parts (和製英語).

Examples

import type { LoanSource } from "@johnmorrisdotca/jisho/entries";

const source: LoanSource = { lang: "eng", text: "paper", partial: false, wasei: false };
console.log(source.lang);
eng

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/jisho 2.11.0.